The full story behind this week's trailer: Axion search in the diffuse supernova neutrino background at Super-Kamiokande

Chapters
00:03 — Cold open
00:39 — Core-collapse supernovae
01:36 — SN 1987A
02:08 — The diffuse supernova neutrino background
03:01 — The Super-K detection
04:47 — The strong CP problem and axions
06:43 — Axions in supernovae
08:16 — A word from our sponsor
08:53 — The method
10:17 — The result
11:00 — Why the DSNB matters
12:32 — Caveats
14:04 — What comes next
15:22 — Sign-off

Links (some are reklamelinks and can earn the show a commission)

• Paper: An axion constraint from the diffuse supernova neutrino background indicated by Super-Kamiokande (arXiv)
• Reference: Search for Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background with Super-Kamiokande Gadolinium Dataset (ApJ)
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The full story behind this week's trailer: TMEM106B structural haplotypes and neurodegeneration risk

Chapters
00:03 — Cold open
00:37 — What is TMEM106B
01:49 — The original risk variant
02:50 — The 2022 surprise
04:20 — Long-read sequencing
05:31 — The four haplotypes
07:45 — The retrotransposon
09:08 — A word from our sponsor
09:42 — The mechanism
11:45 — Lysosomal rupture
13:29 — Causal evidence
13:57 — Caveats
15:40 — What comes next
17:24 — Sign-off

Links (some are reklamelinks and can earn the show a commission)

• Paper: Fine-mapping of the TMEM106B locus (medRxiv preprint)
• Companion: Neurodegeneration risk variants promote lysosomal TMEM106B fibril accumulation (bioRxiv)
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The full story behind this week's trailer: RNA Polymerase II developmental overshoot as a driver of aging

Chapters
00:03 — Cold open
00:48 — What is Pol II
01:29 — The overshoot
03:10 — The decline
04:59 — A word from our sponsor
05:32 — The experiments
07:07 — Conservation
07:50 — Theoretical context
09:00 — Implications and limits
09:55 — Caveats
11:22 — What comes next
12:38 — Sign-off

Links (some are reklamelinks and can earn the show a commission)

• Paper: RNA Polymerase II developmental overshoot as a driver of aging (bioRxiv)
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# Hastrup Review of Science — 2026-W34b (Special Episode) ## 1. Imaging the Vacuum Fluctuations of a Quantum Field **Authors:** Zhang, Wang, Jiang, Jenkins, Wong, Eigen, Carlse, Hadzibabic **Venue:** arXiv preprint (2026-08-20, cond-mat.quant-gas) **Link:** https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.20311 Firs

Chapters
00:03 — Sponsor: RefurbMiner
00:24 — Cold open
01:02 — Imaging the vacuum
02:38 — GLP one drugs and muscle
04:14 — A word from our sponsor
04:52 — Black holes on a chip
06:28 — Heat on demand
07:57 — Competing supersolids
09:25 — Sign-off

Links (some are reklamelinks and can earn the show a commission)

• Sponsor: RefurbMiner — free 14-day trial
• Paper: Imaging the vacuum fluctuations (arXiv)
• Paper: GLP-1 receptor agonists and skeletal muscle (Quality in Sport)
• Paper: Black hole thermality on a quantum processor (arXiv)
• Paper: Thermal power amplification via Q-switching (arXiv)
• Paper: Competing supersolid orders in a dipolar gas (arXiv)
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Five papers, honestly explained: a developmental cause of aging, TMEM106B haplotypes, a supernova axion hunt, machine-designed sodium-ion carbons, and a low-pressure superconducting hydride. One suspicious sponsor.

Chapters
00:03 — Sponsor: RefurbMiner ERP
00:24 — Cold open
01:00 — Aging: the Pol II overshoot
02:35 — TMEM106B: four haplotypes
04:02 — Ghost supernovae and axions
05:33 — A word from our sponsor
06:11 — Sodium-ion by the billion
08:10 — A superconducting hydride
10:07 — Sign-off

Links (some are reklamelinks and can earn the show a commission)

• Paper: Pol II developmental overshoot and aging (bioRxiv)
• Paper: TMEM106B haplotypes (medRxiv)
• Paper: Supernova axion search (arXiv)
• Paper: ML-designed sodium-ion carbons (arXiv)
• Paper: Mg2RhH6 superconductivity (arXiv)
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• Sponsor: Tampons on Amazon

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